Pastorale héroïque
Pastorale héroïque was a type of
pastoral poetry. Like the tragédie en musique, it had an allegorical prologue; however, its structure consisted of three acts, rather than the five of the tragédie en musique. Later examples were written by Jean-Philippe Rameau; these include Zaïs (1748) and Naïs (1749), and Acante et Céphise
(1751).
Bibliography
- Powers, D M The 'Pastorale Héroïque': Origins and Development of a Genre of French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries (dissertation, University of Chicago, 1988)
Sources
- Sadie, Stanley ed. (1992), 'Pastorale-héroïque' in The ISBN 0-333-73432-7